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5 unusual facts about arbitration


Alina Gorghiu

In 2008, she became both an arbitrator at the International Court of Arbitration and an accredited mediator, as well as beginning an affiliation with the Mediation and Arbitration Department of Titu Maiorescu University's Law Faculty.

Arbitration

Born, Gary (2009) International Commercial Arbitration Kluwer

Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia

The Arbitration Commission of the Conference on Yugoslavia (commonly known as Badinter Arbitration Committee) was a commission set up by the Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community on 27 August 1991 to provide the Conference on Yugoslavia with legal advice.

Arnold M. Zack

Arnold M. Zack served as an arbitrator and mediator of labor management disputes since 1957.

Zheng Chengsi

In 1994, Zheng was selected as an arbitrator of the Arbitration Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and became the Director of the Intellectual Property Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.


2003 Louis Vuitton Cup

Skippered by Peter Gilmour, the team was docked one Louis Vuitton point by an arbitration panel for being in possession of design secrets from another team.

5th convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia

It was opened by the oldest deputy, Artur Mikvabia and attended by President Alexander Ankvab, Vice President Raul Khajimba, Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab, Supreme Court Head Rauf Korua, Arbitration Court Head A. Gurjua, the deputies of the previous convocation, the members of the Cabinet and regional Administration Heads.

Abdullahi Ibrahim

He is a Notary Public, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague and Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee.

Alexey Kravtsov

In May 2013, Kravtsov initiated the establishment of a working group at the Ministry of Economic Development to improve legislation on Russian arbitration courts.

Atlético Pinares

In Juli 2012 the Honduran football arbitration court (Tribunal de Arbitraje de Fútbol) has set due the accumulated debts of second division Hispano of Comayagua, which had reached almost one million lempiras (at the time 40,000 EUR / 31,500 GBP / US$51,000) to be paid within five days.

Benjamin Pickard

In 1897 his interest in arbitration and the work of the Peace Society led to his inclusion in a peace deputation to the president of the United States, Grover Cleveland.

Bilateral investment treaty

The distinctive feature of many BITs is that they allow for an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, whereby an investor whose rights under the BIT have been violated could have recourse to international arbitration, often under the auspices of the ICSID (International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes), rather than suing the host State in its own courts.

Canadian Islamic Congress

The Canadian Islamic Congress supported recommendations by Marion Boyd that the government of Ontario permit sharia tribunals to which Muslims could voluntarily submit civil disputes and whose findings would then have legal weight under the Arbitration Act.

Carnarvon terms

Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie and Walkem agreed to accept arbitration of the dispute by the Earl of Carnarvon, the Colonial Secretary.

Catalonian Civil War

In November a delegation of Catalans approached Louis of France at Abbeville to seek his arbitration, but he loudly proclaimed himself a Catalan dynast and mused that "there are no mountains" between Catalonia and France.

Centre for Commercial Law Studies

Established in 1980 by Sir Roy Goode, its mission is to develop a body of knowledge and skills in the areas of commercial law —- arbitration, intellectual property, taxation, financial law, banking law, information technology law and European law —- that can be placed at the service of government, public bodies, overseas institutions, the legal profession, industry and commerce.

Charles Haskins Townsend

In 1902 he was an expert before the Russo-American fisheries arbitration at The Hague.

Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen

He revisited the United States in 1896 as the guest of the American Bar Association and delivered a notable address on arbitration.

Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams

Justice David Souter joined all sections of Stevens' dissent besides a critique of previous decision of the Supreme Court in arbitration case law.

Comayagua F.C.

In Julu 2012 the Honduran football arbitration court (Tribunal de Arbitraje de Fútbol) has set due the accumulated debts of the club, which have reached almost one million lempiras (at the time 40,000 EUR / 31,500 GBP / 51,000 USD) to be paid within five days.

Conflict of laws

Gary Born, International Commercial Arbitration (2009) (Kluwer).

Decree of Philippi

A Royal Decree of Alexander the Great, as an arbitration on a land dispute between the city of Philippi and local Thracians (presumably of the Edonian tribes), was discovered in a Byzantine basilica at Filippoi (1936) and published in 1984.

Dispute resolution organization

In the United States, the American Arbitration Association handles about a fourth of the business arbitration in the country.

Economy of Mauritania

Nouakchott's authorities declared that the government would likely seek international arbitration, which Woodside (which operated for Hardman, BG Group, Premier Oil, ROC Oil, Fusion, Petronas, Dana Petroleum, Energy Africa and the Hydrocarbons Mauritanian Society) also contemplated.

Fang Liufang

He is a member of the Expert Consultancy Committee of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Committee (CIETAC) and an Arbitrator for the Beijing Arbitration Commission.

Fight the Merger

The strategy of the movement is to recruit AT&T customers to file arbitration demands with the American Arbitration Association under the Clayton Antitrust Act against AT&T, pursuant to their arbitration clause.

First International Conference of American States

To oppose the U.S. arbitration plan the Latin delegations supported a joint proposal drafted by Argentina's Sáenz Peña and co-sponsored by Brazil.

Frédéric Passy

He also supported a system of international conflict arbitration, which was inspired by Randal Cremer's resolution that established arbitration between the United States and England.

Friedrich Martens

He represented Russia at the Hague Peace Conferences, (during which he drafted the Martens Clause), and helped to settle the first cases of international arbitration, notably the dispute between France and Great Britain over Newfoundland.

Garry Downes

He has served international and national organisations in various capacities, including as President of the Union Internationale des Avocats, Founder and Patron of the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers' Society, Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia, Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Council of the NSW Bar Association and Chairman of the NSW Council of Law Reporting.

Gary Weiss

The book is critical of hedge funds, mutual funds, the Wall Street securities arbitration process, the New York Stock Exchange, and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen Arthur Levitt and William H. Donaldson.

George Henry Guilfoyle

He served for many years on the Administrative Board of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, holding membership on a number of its committees, including those on priestly life and ministry, conciliation and arbitration (on which he also served as chairman), bishops, diocesan boundaries, budget and finance, Latin America, ecumenical, and motion pictures.

Jered Weaver

Weaver reached a deal with Angels management for a $4.265 million salary for the 2010 season to avoid going into arbitration.

Judge Jeanine Pirro

Judge Jeanine Pirro (known simply as Judge Pirro since the premiere of its second season) is an American arbitration-based reality court show, presided over by retired Westchester County, New York, District Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Ligue internationale de la paix

The Luxembourg crisis was peacefully resolved in 1867 by the Treaty of London but in 1870 the Franco-Prussian War could not be prevented so the league dissolved and refounded as the Société française pour l'arbitrage entre nations (League of arbitration between the Nations) in the same year.

Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America

The suit eventually went to arbitration under the oversight of Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who was the judge who ruled against Microsoft in the government’s anti-trust action.

Personal contract purchase

There is a Finance & Leasing Association Arbitration Scheme in the UK if there is a subsequent dispute.

Politics of Mauritania

Nouakchott's authorities declared that the government would likely seek international arbitration, which Woodside (which operated for Hardman, BG Group, Premier, ROC Oil, Fusion, Petronas, Dana Petroleum, Energy Africa and the Hydrocarbons Mauritanian Society) also contemplated.

Rand formula

Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ivan Rand, the eponym of this law, introduced this formula in 1946 as an arbitration decision ending the Ford Strike of 1945 in Windsor, Ontario.

Richard Worth

After his resignation, Worth returned to the bar, with his LinkedIn profile listing him as "barrister specialising in mediation and arbitration" and "company director".

Robert Lansing

An authority on international law, he served as associate counsel for the United States, in the Bering Sea Arbitration in 1892-1893, as counsel for the United States Bering Sea Claims Commission in 1896-1897, as the government's lawyer before the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903, as counsel for the North Atlantic Fisheries in the Arbitration at The Hague in 1909-1910, and as agent of the United States in the American and British Arbitration in 1912-1914.

The Servile State

Among these he includes minimum wage laws, employers liability laws, the Insurance Act, and compulsory arbitration.

Theodore J. St. Antoine

He is active in labor arbitration of union and management disputes, acting as arbitrator in dozens of Major League Baseball arbitration matters, the parties of which have included the league and individual teams, agents, and players, including Curt Schilling, Sandy Alomar, Jr., and Darryl Strawberry.

Tony Grisoni

Gilliam and Grisoni went to WGA arbitration to get credit for Fear and Loathing; initially only Tod Davies and Alex Cox (who had written a previous version of the screenplay) were credited, despite Gilliam and Grisoni rewriting the entire film from scratch.

United Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades

The organisation agreed to secure mutual co-operation during lock-outs, to oppose the Master and Servant Act, and to work for the establishment of Courts of Conciliation and Arbitration.

William McCarthy, Baron McCarthy

In 1978 McCarty was involved in the arbitration in the dispute over bonuses for drivers of the high-speed Advanced Passenger Train.


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